Alma mater

University of Chicago

46 U.S. federal judges studied here. See where it ranks among law schools by judges produced.

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Edward Clayton Eicher	Ph.B.	Chief Justice	1904
George Thomas McDermott	Ph.B.	Judge	1908
Jerome New Frank	Ph.B.	Judge	1909
Irvin Charles Mollison	Ph.B.	Judge	1920
Gus Jerome Solomon	Ph.B.	Judge	1926
Alexander J. Napoli	Ph.B.	Judge	1927
Hubert Louis Will	A.B.	Judge	1935
John Paul Stevens	B.A.	Associate Justice	1941
Milton Irving Shadur	B.S.	Judge	1943
James Benton Parsons	M.A.	Judge	1946
Robert Heron Bork	B.A.	Judge	1948
James Block Zagel	B.A.	Judge	1962
Mark Benedict Simons		Associate Justice	1970
Nancy Garlock Edmunds	M.A.T.	Judge	1971
Charles Benson Burch		Judge	1973
Lee Hyman Rosenthal	B.A.	Judge	1974
Charles Stephen Treat		Judge	1980
Harold Ernest Joseph Kahn		Judge	1982
Robert Paul Dahlquist		Judge	1982
Renée Marie Bumb	M.A.	Judge	1983
Lisa G. Beckerman	honors	U.S. Bankruptcy Judge	1984
Michael Isaku Begert		Judge	1989
Mary Elizabeth Phillips	B.A.	Judge	1991
Katherine Marie Menendez	B.A.	Judge	1993
Scott Bradley Cooper		Judge	1994
Andrea Robin Wood	B.A.	Judge	1995
James Wesley Hendrix	B.A.	Judge	2000
Daniel Joe Powell Calabretta		Judge	2003
Beth Robinson		Justice	–
Dallin Harris Oaks		Justice	–
David W. Moffat		Justice	–
Don Nelson Laramore		Judge	–
Donald G. Alexander		Justice	–
Fred Clinton Jacobs		Judge	–
George Rossman		Justice	–
Harry Bennett Anderson	Ph.B.	Judge	–
Lester M. Wade		Justice	–
Lisa Robin Jaskol		Judge	–
Lisa S. Neubauer		Judge	–
Mark E. Recktenwald		Justice	–
Morton Aaron Brody		Justice	–
Philip L. Rice		Justice	–
Roger J. Traynor		Justice	–
Roy Helm		Justice	–
Thomas E. Kluczynski		Justice	–
Warren Jones		Justice	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Verify against the primary source before relying.